The Oregon State Marine Board will hold a work session on January 25, beginning at 1:00 pm, to discuss boating safety, and will hold their quarterly Board meeting on January 26, beginning at 8:30 am. Both the work session and Board meeting will be held virtually.
Agenda items include:
- Aquatic Invasive Species Prevention Program Update
- Small Grant Funding. Action: Board Approval
- Request Regarding Foam Encapsulation Rules. Action: Consider the Possibility of Opening Rulemaking
- Lower Willamette River Rules Evaluation, Year Two
- Life Jacket Legislative Concept. Action: Board Direction
- Possible Rulemaking via Petition to Amend OAR 250-010-0121, Muffling Devices. Action: Consider the Possibility of Opening Rulemaking
- Consideration for Rulemaking OAR 250-021-0010, Applies statewide rules for personal watercraft to other small inboard jet pump powered boats. Action: Option to Adopt Rules
Written public comment will be accepted until 5:00 pm on January 21, 2022 and can be emailed to jennifer.cooper@boat.oregon.gov or by U.S. Mail to Oregon State Marine Board, Attn: Jennifer Cooper, 435 Commercial St NE Ste 400 Salem, OR 97301. Verbal comments will be accepted during the public comment portion at the beginning of the virtual meeting. If you would like to provide oral testimony during the meeting, register with Jennifer Cooper, jennifer.cooper@boat.oregon.gov, no later than January 21 at 5:00 pm.
To view the agenda, Board materials, and for a link to the meeting live stream, visit
https://www.oregon.gov/osmb/info/Pages/Board-and-Public-Meetings.aspx. Meetings are conducted using Microsoft Teams and viewing may require the installation of a free Teams app for mobile devices.
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